Jan 6 – 43

Dear Kids [possibly Thomas Archibald Tyrrell or Frank Delos Tyrrell and family]

Well, here we are in a New Year and supposed to be happy, and why not?

The ground is covered with snow. had about 6 inches Sunday beside what fell before then haven’t had much wind yet but will probably get it some day soon.

Sis [Celia] and George bought the Clay farm today. that is the north quarter. they have been wanting this place for a long time. and I hope they make good with it.

Tommy Perry broke his wrist last Sat morning broke both bones just above the wrist was a bad break but the doctor thinks it will be all O.K.

I have Grover Denman rooming with me now [Grover Denman lived in South Dakota, he would have been 27 in 1943]. He is doing repair work for George on tractors and etc. He can’t get a house to live in as everything is filled up. begins to look like some one would have to start building again soon.

Thanks for the gloves they are a little tight fitting and I thought if you could trade them for a larger size say 10 1/2 or 11 I would send them back because that kind of letter always shrinks.

I haven’t seen any of the Nelings since Christmas and do not know how they are getting along probably allright as they had all their feed hauled in and that was alway a big job.

We have a few cases of scarlet fever among the school children it broke out just before the holidays so did not lose much time as we were able to open school Monday.

I am getting along just fine. have moved into the south rooms and do my cooking on the heater it works just fine. [Tom’s wife, Gertrude Nelings, died in July of 1942.]

I hope you get over the mumps all right a person should not have much trouble unless you get wet or a bad cold with them.

Byron was here a few days just before Christmas he came up to the funeral of Mr Rogers that is he did not get here till afterwards [Byron is Tom’s son. Amos Rogers is his wife, Lillian’s, father]. As he was on the road from Idaho at the time. Amos died and they could tell where he was at.

I had a letter from him last week and he is planning on going to Canada or Alaska to work says he is offered a good job.

Well I must close it is getting late and 6 oclock comes darned early.

Well so long

Tom